One upon a time, Russian spies tried (sometimes successfully) to recruit Labour MPs and trades unionists to help their cause. How times have changed. The now-capitalist Ruskies are chucking cash at the Tories, £3.5m, allegedly, from nine different Russian oligarchs (does any other country have oligarchs?); although the report confirming this is, as we know, ‘stuck in the machinery of government’. Boris, last week, seemed to think it would be tantamount to racism to refuse their donations, saying we must be ‘very careful before we cast aspersions on a particular country’. Sorry, Boris. Just off to launder my laundry.
“Lords to probe shake-up of IR35 rules”
‘IR35’ basically says that if you’re ‘self-employed’ but only do work for one company, you’re actually an employee, should be taxed like one and get holidays, maternity leave etc. etc.. It’s been around for 20 years or more and has been difficult, nigh impossible to...
